Commission Members

Amber Chisholm is a lawyer working in the Ekpahak (Fredericton) region, part of the unceded Wolastoqey homelands. She grew up in the Menaquesk (Saint John) region, received her BA at St. Thomas University and her law degree at the University of New Brunswick. She completed her articling year through a combination of time spent with a private law firm and with the New Brunswick Human Rights Commission.

Amber was called to the New Brunswick bar in 2017, and since 2018 has been working to inform the public about the law and legal processes with the Public Legal Education and Information Service of New Brunswick (PLEIS NB) where she is currently Associate Director.

Amber has been actively involved in advocacy and organizing with the LGBTQIA+ community for many years. She has volunteered with Imprint Youth Association since its inception in 2015, which serves LGBTQIA+ youth and young adults in the capitol region. In 2018 she helped establish a legal clinic to help trans and gender-diverse people update their names and gender markers on ID documents, the first of its kind in New Brunswick. She currently volunteers as the clinic coordinator for the Imprint Trans ID clinic run in partnership with UNB’s Probono Students Canada chapter, which with the help of volunteer lawyers from McInnes Cooper serves clients in all Atlantic provinces. She also joined the board of the Atlantic Human Rights Centre based at St. Thomas University in the fall of 2025.

Randy Dickinson is a long-time disability and human rights advocate as a lifelong resident of New Brunswick. He served in various professional positions during his career such as Director of Camping and Community Relations and then Executive Director of the Canadian Rehabilitation Council for the Disabled now known as Easter Seals NB. Randy then served for many years as the first Executive Director of the Premier’s Council on Disabilities. During this period, he was seconded to act as the Executive Director of the Premier’s Council on Health Strategy and also served as the Executive Director of the Canadian Paraplegic Association before returning as the Executive Director of the Premier’s Council on Disabilities until his retirement.

For his community service, Randy was awarded the Order of Canada in 1999 and was named as a Member of the Order of New Brunswick in 2022. He has also received various other public recognitions for his professional and volunteer efforts on behalf of persons with disabilities.

Randy served as the Chairperson of the Commission from 2010-2015. His term as a member of the Age-Friendly Community Advisory Committee for the City of Fredericton has come to an end after ten years and his term as Vice-President of the John Wood Foundation has also come to an end after 12 years. These changes have allowed Randy to accept a recent appointment to the Accessibility Advisory Board for the implementation of the new provincial Accessibility Act. He is also a member of the New Brunswick Health and Senior Care Council.

He is an active member of York Sunbury Search and Rescue (YSSR) and serves on their Fundraising Committee. He is also Co-Chair of NB Disability Awareness Week; and was previously appointed to a term as the Chairperson of the Premier’s Council on Disabilities. Randy currently serves as the Vice-Chairperson of the Premier’s Council on Disabilities.

Randy lives in Fredericton with his wife Karen who is an occupational therapist. Biographical note as of October 09, 2025.

Marie-Claude Doucet was appointed Chair of the New Brunswick Insurance Board in October 2016 and has served in full-time in this role since. She holds a Bachelor of Psychology and a Bachelor of Law from the Université de Moncton, as well as a Master of Business Administration from Saint Mary’s University. She was called to the New Brunswick Bar in 2008.

Before joining the New Brunswick Insurance Board, Ms. Doucet practiced law with Bossé Viola LeBlanc for nearly a decade, specializing in civil litigation with a particular focus on insurance law.

She is actively involved in the legal and administrative justice community and is a member of several professional associations, including the Law Society of New Brunswick, the Canadian Bar Association, the Association des juristes d’expression française du Nouveau-Brunswick, the Foundation of Administrative Justice, and the Council of Canadian Administrative Tribunals.

Altruist and strong advocate for fairness, inclusion, and access to justice, Ms. Doucet contributes extensively to the legal and professional community, devoting much of her time to organizations with a mandate of public protection. She currently serves as a Member of the Discipline Committee of the Law Society of New Brunswick, as a Public Representative on the Hearings Committee of the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society, and as a Public Representative on the Council of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of New Brunswick. She is also Past Chair of the Canadian Automobile Insurance Rate Regulators Association. Beyond these commitments, Ms. Doucet has dedicated years of volunteer service to the House of Nazareth, a shelter supporting the homeless community, and has served as a Director on the Board of Lymphoma Canada.

Shelley Dumouchel was called to the New Brunswick Bar in 1994 after obtaining her Law Degree and Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of New Brunswick.

From 1994 until 2008, she worked as an associate lawyer in both Oromocto and Fredericton gaining significant experience in the areas of Family Law, Insurance Law, Personal Injury, Real Estate and Wills and Estates. From 2008 until 2011, Shelley was Senior Legal Counsel for the Office of the Public Trustee, Province of New Brunswick. In 2011, Shelley returned to private practice and has had her own law firm since this date.

A native of Perth- Andover, NB, Shelley lives with her family in Fredericton.  In addition to raising a family and practicing law, Shelley is one of the founders of the Oromocto Legal Clinic, an alternate Chairperson for the Mental Health Review Board,  an adjudicator under the Liquor Control Act and a board member for the New Brunswick Human rights Commission. Bio up-to-date as of March 25, 2020.

Steve is currently serving his second term as a member of the New Brunswick Human Rights Commission since December 2023. An acupuncturist since 1985, he has chaired the New Brunswick chapter of the Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture Association of Canada for over 25 years. Steve was appointed to the Service NB Board of Directors in 2025.

Steve is a dedicated volunteer who serves as treasurer and communications officer for the five Restigouche food banks, as well as vice president of the community radio station Sommet 103.9 FM. He has also served on various boards of directors, including the New Brunswick Social and Economic Inclusion Society, where he chaired the Pay Equity Committee, and the Board of Governors of the Collèges communautaires du Nouveau-Brunswick (CCNB), where he chaired the Human Relations Committee from 2017 to 2023.

Driven by a sincere passion for health and well-being, both physical and psychological, Mr. Lambert bases his professional and volunteer work on a keen and empathetic understanding of the social, economic, and psychological barriers faced by many people. His work is based on an inclusive vision of community health and holistic well-being. He was a columnist for the French-language provincial newspaper L'Acadie Nouvelle from 2014 to 2015, where he wrote a section on well-being.

He is also the author of two successful books published by Éditions de la Francophonie: Si ton bonheur dépend de quelqu'un d'autre... (2014) and Aller vers l'avant (2015).

Sarah Morton is a trusted and approachable leader with over 16 years of experience in Human Resources, known for her strong advocacy of employees and her ability to navigate complex workplace issues with integrity. Having worked across both unionized and non-unionized environments in the public and private sectors, Sarah has been a key driver of workplace

restoration initiatives. Her empathetic and creative approach to problem-solving, combined with her expertise in labor relations, has earned her a reputation as a respected advocate for both employees and employers.

Sarah holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature from Wilfrid Laurier University, with minors in Psychology and Religion & Culture. She also holds a post-graduate certificate with Distinction in Human Resources Management from Conestoga College and certifications in Labour Relations and Organizational Development Fundamentals from Queen’s University Industrial Relations Centre. A Chartered Professional in Human Resources (CPHR), Sarah is an active member of CPHR New Brunswick and is working towards her Qualified Mediator designation.

Outside of work, Sarah enjoys time on her hobby farm with her husband. She also enjoys the quiet solitude of her camp. An immensely proud mother of three young adults, she values the importance of balancing her personal and professional life, which influences her approach to leadership and conflict resolution.

Dr. Shannonbrooke Murphy holds a BA (Hons) in Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of Toronto, an LLM in International Human Rights Law from the University of Galway, and a PhD in Law from Middlesex University. She relocated from Ireland to New Brunswick in 2019 to take up a position as Endowed Chair in Human Rights and Assistant Professor in the Human Rights Department at St. Thomas University, where she also serves on the faculty trade union executive.

In Ireland, she worked for more than a decade as a legislative, policy, and political advisor to elected representatives at all institutional levels on matters of equality and human rights protections in domestic law, constitutional law, EU law, and under international treaty obligations including the Good Friday Agreement. In this brief, she worked on a wide array of issues such as the human rights to healthcare and housing, police accountability and oversight mechanisms for human rights compliance, redress of historical systemic human rights violations related to colonization and religious institutions, as well as the equality rights of ethnic minorities, women’s rights, children’s rights, the rights of people with disabilities, LGBTI rights, workers’ rights, and the rights of economically marginalized individuals and groups.

She lives in Nashwaaksis (Fredericton Northside) and would like to improve her French and learn Wolastoqey. She is grateful to have been welcomed in New Brunswick and considers it an honour to serve its peoples. Bio up-to-date as of March 9, 2023.

Originally from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cyprien has lived in Moncton for over 20 years. He has a master’s degree in business administration (MBA) and a bachelor’s degree in marketing from the Université de Moncton.

He has taught at the Dieppe campus of the Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick and is the CEO of Okana-Solutions Marketing (O.-S.M.), a consulting firm founded in 2000 that has its head office in Moncton. In 2002, the company conducted the first study on the settlement and integration of Francophone immigrants in the province.

Cyprien was president of the New Brunswick New Democratic Party (NB NDP) from 2019 to 2022 and spent seven years (2016 to 2023) as a member of the board of directors of House of Nazareth in Moncton. Before that, he was president of the Intercultural Heritage Association of Greater Moncton from 2010 to 2013, during which time he organized two exploratory visits to Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia, and to Charlottetown and Miscouche, Prince Edward Island, to discover Acadian and Canadian history. One of the visits was for Black youth and the other for Black women and children.

He also stays active, walking an average of 45 minutes each day. He learns by reading books and articles on various topics, including but not limited to politics, law, the economic and social inclusion of immigrants, cultural diversity, leadership, public speaking, religion and organizational management.

He is a proud supporter of human rights and has always endeavoured to foster an even more egalitarian New Brunswick society. He is eager to devote himself wholly to serving New Brunswick and improving its prosperity, diversifying its cultural riches and ensuring the dignity and rights of its young people, regardless of their origin, are protected and respected.

Biographical note as of October 8, 2023.

With over 15 years working in various departments within the Federal Public Service, Rachel has had the opportunity to work in many people focused and support spaces such as operations, workplace wellness, psychological safety, critical incident management, conflict management, and Ombuds services.

Rachel is a lifelong learner with a particular interest in post-traumatic growth, psychological safety for trauma exposed professionals, and human rights. She holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences and Humanities and is currently a Master of Public Administration candidate at the Royal Military College of Canada. Rachel also holds certificates in Conflict Management, Mediation, Ombuds Services, and Trauma Informed Coaching.

Rachel volunteers extensively in the humanitarian space, supporting and serving global communities before, during, and after disasters and crises. She also volunteers with the developing Community and Youth Restorative Justice Services Program with the Province of New Brunswick and her municipal Emergency Measures Organization.

Rachel lives in Grand Bay Westfield with her husband Sheldon. In their spare time they enjoy the outdoors and travelling. Bio up-to-date as of March 15, 2024.